Toru Miyoshi Family Collection

PARTNER

Densho
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-densho-480

DESCRIPTION

The Miyoshi collection includes negatives retrieved from the basement of Lisa Daum's uncle's drug store. The collection also includes the 1934-1935 Southern California Nisei Directory, which includes information on Japanese Americans living and working in Southern California, and the 1940-1941 Commemorative Issue 2600th anniversary Yearbook and Directory, primarily for Japanese Americans in California.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1920-1941

BULK UNIT DATE

1920-1941

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

2 books, 1 postcard, 1 correspondence, 64 photographs

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Toru Miyoshi Family Collection, Densho

RIGHTS

69 Objects

Southern California Nisei Directory 1934-1935 (ddr-densho-480-1)
doc Southern California Nisei Directory 1934-1935 (ddr-densho-480-1)
A directory of Japanese American citizens and businesses in Southern California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-1/
Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)
doc Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)
The yearbook includes pictures and information about Japanese American businesses, schools, organizations, individuals, and families. The directory includes city indexes for California, as well as a few city indexes for Arizona and Japan, with advertisements for businesses and organizations throughout the city indexes.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-2/
Blank postcard (ddr-densho-480-3)
img Blank postcard (ddr-densho-480-3)
A postcard depicting rooms and people inside a Japanese Methodist Home. The text reads "Japanese Methodist Home S.F.".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-3/
Letter in Japanese (ddr-densho-480-4)
doc Letter in Japanese (ddr-densho-480-4)
A letter in Japanese addressed to Mr. Bob Ishii at Stanford University, California. The letter's envelope is from Chas Ishii from El Amigo Co. in Santa Maria, California.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-4/
The Miyoshi family (including Kumataro, Kiku, Masa, and Toru) poses in front of a car (ddr-densho-480-5)
img The Miyoshi family (including Kumataro, Kiku, Masa, and Toru) poses in front of a car (ddr-densho-480-5)
The Miyoshi family poses in front of a car on the opposite side of a cafe. To the far left is Kumataro Miyoshi, and his wife Kiku Miyoshi is in the middle of the group. Their daughter Masa is third from the right in the group, and the child is her son, Toru. A dog can …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-5/
Two men stand on the beach (ddr-densho-480-6)
img Two men stand on the beach (ddr-densho-480-6)
This image was most likely around Pismo or Cayucus.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-6/
Three children and one woman sit on the ground (ddr-densho-480-7)
img Three children and one woman sit on the ground (ddr-densho-480-7)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-7/
Egg race (ddr-densho-480-8)
img Egg race (ddr-densho-480-8)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-8/
Parade float (ddr-densho-480-9)
img Parade float (ddr-densho-480-9)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-9/
Landscape of rows of flowers and a building (ddr-densho-480-10)
img Landscape of rows of flowers and a building (ddr-densho-480-10)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-480-10/

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